cover of episode 165: America’s Favorite Pastime: Baseball, the Negro Leagues, and the Great Bambino

165: America’s Favorite Pastime: Baseball, the Negro Leagues, and the Great Bambino

2024/9/23
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本集探讨了美国国球棒球的历史，从殖民时期的早期形式到20世纪20年代的职业化发展，涵盖了黑人联盟的兴起、1919年“黑袜子”丑闻以及贝比·鲁斯的传奇生涯等重要事件。节目追溯了棒球起源的多种说法，包括阿布纳·道布尔迪和亚历山大·卡特赖特等人的贡献，并指出这些说法多为传奇而非史实。节目还详细描述了1919年世界大赛的作假丑闻，以及对涉案球员的调查和审判过程。此外，节目还介绍了种族隔离对棒球运动的影响，以及黑人联盟在克服种族歧视的背景下所取得的成就，并重点讲述了安德鲁·“鲁布”·福斯特在创建黑人国家联盟中的关键作用。最后，节目深入探讨了贝比·鲁斯的传奇生涯，从其早年经历到在纽约洋基队的辉煌成就，以及他与波士顿红袜队之间的“贝比·鲁斯魔咒”等。

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Baseball's origins trace back to colonial times, evolving from games like stoolball. The National Association of Baseball Players formed in 1857, standardizing rules. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the rise of professional leagues, including the National League and American League, and legendary players like Honus Wagner and Cy Young.
  • Baseball's origins can be traced to colonial America and games like stoolball.
  • The National Association of Baseball Players, founded in 1857, was the first governing body for baseball.
  • The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the rise of professional baseball leagues and iconic players.

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"As I hit the ball, every muscle in my system, every sense I had, told me that I had never hit a better one . . . I didn't have to look. But I did. That ball . . . hit . . . exactly the spot I had pointed to."

This is the story of the most American sport: baseball. 

Americans have been playing ball for a good long while now—even General Washington enjoyed an occasional game of catch—but baseball as we know it only emerged around the 1850s. That’s also about the time when people started forming leagues: the National League, the American League, the Federal League, yada yada, you get the picture. There are quite a few, and they’re mostly the same, except for the Negro League, headed by Andrew “Rube” Foster (pitcher and president extraordinaire). Professional baseball remains segregated until Jackie Robinson breaks the color line in the late 1940s. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves! 

Baseball evolves from its colonial beginnings to become an entertainment staple by the early twentieth century. In the 1920s, the good name of the game has just been sullied by the 1919 World Series scandal, but baseball’s popularity hasn’t taken a serious hit. This era boasts a panoply of players, and people can’t seem to stay away from the stands. You see, George Herman "Babe" Ruth has just been traded to the New York Yankees, and he’s always playing to win.

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